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Thithi starts with ... My avocado tree is starting to flower now, hurray :-) I bought them last year and planted on the mound using the cheapest garden soil mix that I could find. I did not give it any fertiliser at all, so it grew quite slowly for an Avo I guess. It barely gained a little in height but grew a lot of new leaves. I think I would fertilise it with chicken manure in the spring once the winter is finished to give it a boost. Should I fertilise my flowering tree now or not? Since quite a few people report they lost all flowers after giving their tree fertiliser. | About the Author Thithi Deer park 12th September 2014 4:00pm #UserID: 10139 Posts: 193 View All Thithi's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... A couple of years back I fertilized an avo tree which had a good set of golf ball sized fruits. I lost the lot, but I had growth between 20-40cm on each branch. I guess you have to choose which you'd rather. A tonic like Seasol, or trace elements would probably be OK if fruit is what you wanted. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 15th September 2014 9:42pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... They are too small to fruit anyway so the risk is nothing, Fertilise away. They won't reliably hold fruit until the trunk is 3-4 I inches thick. It's a big job but I pull all the flowers off mine until they are old enough to fruit, get there faster then, I'm always chasing 2 or three feet growth per year for young avocados so the quicker the flowering cycle ends the better. | About the Author Jason Portland 16th September 2014 12:59am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Thithi Deer park 23rd October 2014 11:19pm #UserID: 10139 Posts: 193 View All Thithi's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Original Post was last edited: 23rd October 2014 11:19pm | |